Session 8 Improvements to fire danger and fire behavior systems

Wednesday, 19 October 2011: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM
Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)
Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair:
Matthew C. Brewer, University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA

Papers:
3:30 PM
8.1
Great Lakes Fire and Fuels Web Portal
John D. Horel, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Pechmann, C. Galli, and R. Ziel
Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM
8.2
Evaluation of fire danger rating systems in moderate fire regimes
Christian Schunk, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany; and C. Wastl, M. Leuchner, and A. Menzel
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM
8.3
An investigation of the differences between Real Time Mesoscale Analysis and observed meteorological conditions at RAWS stations in the northeast United States
Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and S. Zhong, M. T. Kiefer, G. S. Soter, and A. B. Cinderich
Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM
8.4
Improving computational predictions of wind field by automatic optimization
Tiziano Ghisu, CNR National Research Council, Sassari, Italy; and B. Arca, G. Pellizzaro, A. Arca, A. Ventura, and P. Duce
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
8.5
Use of a prototype fire perimeter database for determining weather conditions conducive to large fire growth
Faith Ann Heinsch, U.S. Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and L. T. Hollingsworth, L. L. Kurth, and L. Macholz
Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM
8.6
Weather/fire modeling for fire risk assessment
Francis Fujioka, USDA Forest Service, PSW Research Station, Oxnard, CA; and A. Gonzalez-Caban, S. C. Chen, and J. Benoit
Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM
8.7
Development of a Gridded Surface Weather Dataset forWildfire Analysis and Planning
Beth L. Hall, Towson University, Towson, MD; and T. J. Brown
Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM
8.8
What is the Appropriate RAWS Network?
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada; and J. D. Horel, G. McCurdy, and M. G. Fearon
Recorded Presentation

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